A brief overview: Tropical Medicine Courses On the following pages you will find a list of selected courses on tropical medicine and healthcare in developing countries, which are recommended by MSF for an assignment in some of their countries where we work. Depending on your job profile, your participation in one of these courses may be mandatory in order to apply for a position with MSF in the field. Therefore, please check the requirements listed on our website or in the information brochures. Please also check with the respective organisation concerning date and price variations. For medical doctors only: Location: BERLIN, Germany Course title: Tropical Medicine and Public Health Focus: Prevention, diagnosis, therapy, control of tropical diseases, public healthcare & administration Language: English (language certificate necessary) Duration: 3.5 months Date: mid-September to mid-December Deadline for application: 31st March 2014 Price: approximately 5,250 for professionals Remarks: This course is also the basic module for the one-year Masters in International Health. The course can lead to a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Public Health, if the Clinical Management of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology in Public Health courses are also taken. Location: BERLIN, Germany Course title: Clinical Management of Tropical Diseases Focus: This course is for advanced students only who have completed the Tropical Medicine and Public Health course. It focuses on the applied differential diagnoses and case management for major diseases in developing countries. Language: English (language certificate necessary) Duration: 2 weeks Date: 1627 June 2014 Deadline for application: Applications are processed in the order in which they are received Price: 850 for professionals Remarks: The Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Public Health is mandatory for participation in this course. Alternatively, applicants need to demonstrate relevant work experience in the field of tropical medicine. Location: BERLIN, Germany Course title: Parasitology in International Health Focus: This course builds on the knowledge gained during the Tropical Medicine and Public Health course, and focuses on parasitology and entomology. Language: English (language certificate necessary) Duration: 1 week Date: 30 June4 July 2014 Deadline for application: Applications are processed in the order in which they are received Price: 425 for professionals Remarks: Basic knowledge of parasitology and entomology required (which are gained during the main course Diploma in Tropical Medicine).

Location: HAMBURG, Germany Course title: Diploma Tropical Medicine Focus: Public healthcare and mainly parasitic, bacterial and viral tropical diseases Language: German Duration: Approximately 3 months Date: 1 April27 June 2014 Deadline for application: Open until the end of December of the previous year (applying before this time is recommended, but its also possible to gain a place later if numbers permit). Price: 3,780 (incl. application fee) Location: LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom Course title: Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) Focus: Tropical medicine, epidemiology, parasitology, public healthcare Language: English (language certificate necessary) Duration: 3 months Deadline for application: Applications are processed in the order in which they are received Date: 4 February2 May 2014; SeptemberNovember 2014 Price: Approximately 5,250 (incl. exam fees) Location: LONDON, United Kingdom Institution: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Course title: Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Focus: Tropical medicine, epidemiology, public healthcare Language: English Duration: Approximately 3 months Price: Approximately 5,500 (course fee) and 210 (exam fee) Location: WRZBURG, Germany Course title: Summer Academy Global Health and Tropical Medicine 2014 Focus: Healthcare systems, primary healthcare, determinants of health, socio-political framework, reasons for sickness and poverty, history of development cooperation, medical peace work, infectious diseases, clinical differential diagnoses, gynaecology and paediatrics, forgotten diseases, laboratory medicine under simple conditions Language: German Duration: 3 weeks Date: 28 July12 August 2014 Deadline for application: 30 June 2014 Price: 200 for students, 300 for professionals For medical doctors, nurses, midwives and/or medical students Location: ANTWERP, Belgium Course title: Tropical Medicine & International Health (Postgraduate Certificate) Focus: Biomedical science, pathology, healthcare in the tropics Language: English (language certificate necessary) or French Duration: 5 months (2 modules) Date: Annually, running from mid-September until end of February Deadline for applications: June/July Price: Approximately 1,300 (EU), 2,600 (non-EU) Remarks: The whole course is for medical doctors only, but module 1 is also open to midwives, health economists, etc who have the relevant work experience.

Location: COPENHAGEN, Denmark Course title: Summer School in International Health Focus: The topics of the course include tropical medicine, health promotion, disease prevention, sexual and reproductive health, social and cultural aspects of health, child health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, health related to water and sanitation, and health in emergencies. Language: English Duration: 3 weeks Deadline for applications: 8 April 2014 Date: 422 August 2014 Price: DKK 4,600 Location: JENA, Germany Course title: Tropical Medicine Focus: Medical facts, social backgrounds, understanding the medical challenges in very basic settings Language: German Duration: 4 week intensive course Date: 10 March4 April 2014, March/April 2015 Price: free Location: LIVERPOOL, Great Britain Institution: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Course title: Diploma in International Community Health Care (DICHC) Focus: Typical disease patterns in tropical countries, basic knowledge of healthcare systems/management and inter-cultural communication with local staff. Language: English (language certificate necessary) Duration: 12 weeks Date: Runs regularly Price: 4,750 Location: TBINGEN, Germany Course title: Seminar in Public Health and Tropical Medicine Focus: Introduction to community-based primary healthcare and the main tropical diseases, laboratory course Language: German Duration: 4 weeks Date: Annually in February and November Price: 980 Remarks: Recommended for employees of MSF Location: HAMBURG, Germany Course title: Medicine in the Tropics tropical medicine course for medical specialists Focus: General aspects of tropical medicine, including tropical infectious diseases, insects as disease transmitters, basics in epidemiology, general medical aspects of tropical diseases, as well as clinical examination and comparisons of different health systems. Language: German Duration: 3 weeks Date: Annually in January/February (322 February 2014) Price: 695 Location: BASEL, Switzerland Course title: Diploma in Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries (HCMTC) Focus: Management of healthcare on district level, healthcare in tropical countries, education and supervision of healthcare staff. Language: English

Duration: 14 weeks Date: 24 March27 June 2014 Deadline for application: End of October of the previous year Price: Approximately CHF 7,000 Remarks: Limited spaces for participants from industrialised nations (total number of participants 30, and out of those only around 10 from industrialised countries). For university graduates with two years work experience. Preparation course possible. Location: BASEL, Switzerland Course title: General Tropical Medicine course (Allgemeiner Tropenkurs; ATK) living and working in developing countries Focus: General modules: social science, ecological and organisational topics and development cooperation. Biomed modules: specific tropical diseases, parasitology, medical ethnology, prevention. Language: German Deadline for application: Applications are processed in the order in which they are received Duration: 8 weeks (General modules: 4 weeks, biomed modules: 4 weeks) Date: General modules: 15 September10 October 2014. Biomed modules: 13 October7 November 2014 Price: General modules: CHF 2,450, biomed modules: CHF 2,450 Remarks: max. 40 participants Location: LEIPZIG, Germany Course title: Tropical Medicine Focus: Building a solid base of tropical medicine know-how, lectures by representatives from different organisations. Language: German Duration: 6 weeks Date: Annually during the semester break Deadline for application: December of the previous year Price: free Remarks: For students aiming to work outside Europe. Location: Stockholm, Sweden Course title: Health in Humanitarian Assistance (HHA) Course Language: English Duration: 8 weeks Date: 3 March17 April 2014 and autumn 2014 Deadline for application: Any time! Get in touch through MSFs HR department. Price: Only accommodation and travel to be paid for by the participants. Remarks: Participation is only possible after recruitment by MSF. 50% of the course is taught online. Location: AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands Course title: Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights including HIV/AIDS http://www.kit.nl/kit/Sexual-and-Reproductive-health-and-Rights-including- HIVAIDS Focus: Improving antenatal, perinatal, postpartum and newborn care; providing family planning, including infertility services; eliminating unsafe abortion; combating sexually-transmitted infections; reproductive and urinary tract infections; promoting sexual health. Language: English Duration: 3 weeks Deadline for application: 17 January 2014 Date: 17 March4 April 2014 Price: 2,010

Location: AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands Course title: Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (NTC) Focus: Objectives: Critically collect, analyse and appraise qualitative and quantitative data relevant to the improvement of health and healthcare in low and middle income societies; identify and analyse interrelated determinants of health and major health problems of populations in a cross-disciplinary perspective in low and middle income societies; plan sustainable improvements of health systems, taking into account diverse intercultural settings and social and ethical responsibilities; clearly communicate and work professionally in a multidisciplinary team. Language: English Duration: 3 months Deadline for application: 2 months before the course starts Dates: 10 March15 September 2014 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Course title: International Public Health course/Tropical Medicine Language: English Duration: 8 weeks Date: 22 September14 November 2014 Price: free ONLINE Course: Institute for International Medicine (INMED), USA Course title: Diseases of Poverty Self-Paced Course http://inmed.us/self-paced_courses/diseases of_poverty/ Focus: Equip clinicians to prevent, diagnose and treat the most prevalent and unfamiliar diseases of poverty. Language: English Duration: 90 days Price: US$49/100 (without/with Continuing Medical Examination Credit) ONLINE Course: Institute for International Medicine (INMED), USA Course title: International HIV Medicine Self-Paced Course http://inmed.us/self-paced_courses/international_hiv_medicine/ Focus: Assess HIV disease status, communicate effective HIV prevention, lead effective prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, manage appropriate treatment of HIV infection, manage common HIV-associated opportunistic infections, care for children affected by HIV. Language: English Duration: 90 days Price: US$29/60 (without/with Continuing Medical Examination Credit) ONLINE Course: West Virginia University, USA Course title: Clinical Training Course in Tropical Medicine and Travelers` Health http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/tropmed/tropical-medicine-course/ Focus: Identify major global issues in tropical public health, discuss clinical tropical diseases frequently encountered in the developing world, diagnose and treat these diseases, implement field-based preventive and control measures for major communicable/infectious diseases, manage travel-related illnesses. Language: English Duration: 2 months (in person), 4 modules, each of those 4 lasts for 4 months (online, module 3 has to be completed on site) Deadline for application: Early booking reduction until March 2014 Date: JuneNovember Price: US$1,6504,600, depending on the number of modules ONLINE Course: Royal Tropical Institute, the Netherlands

Course title: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, including HIV/AIDS (e-learning) http://www.kit.nl/kit/NEW-Sexual-and-Reproductive-health-and-Rights-including- HIVAIDS-%28e-learning%29 Focus: Improving antenatal, perinatal, postpartum and newborn care; providing family planning, including infertility services: eliminating unsafe abortion; combating sexually-transmitted infections; reproductive and urinary tract infections; promoting sexual health. Language: English Duration: 10 weeks Deadline for application: 17 January 2014 Date: 17 March23 May 2014 Price: 1,200 SHORT courses for physicians, nurses, midwifes and/or medical students These courses are NOT accepted as preparation for a field mission with MSF due to their short duration. However, as the content of these courses is very relevant and interesting, we still recommend participation. Location: WRZBURG, Germany Course Title: A variety of courses in tropical medicine Language: German Duration: 5 days Dates: Throughout the year Location: TBINGEN, Germany Course title: Course of the AGGE (Akademie fr Globale Gesundheit und Entwicklung/Academy for Global Health and Development) Language: German Duration: 1 day/weekend courses Remarks: Further interesting short courses are listed on the AGGE website Location: BORSTEL, Lbeck, Germany Course title: Clinical Tuberculosis Focus: Tuberculosis in the context of care Language: German Duration: 3 days Date: Summer 2014 Price: 195 (EU), 245 (non-EU)

Addresses of Institutes/Organisations

ANTWERPEN Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Nationalestraat 155 2000 Antwerpen Belgium Contact: Bernadette Allaert Tel:+32 2 7925519 Fax:+32 2 2114199 E-mail: Bernadette.allaert@studyinflanders.be or info@itg.be www.itg.be/itg/

BASEL Swiss Tropical Institute Socinstr. 57 4051 Basel, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 28 48 111 Fax: +41 61 28 48 101 E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch www.sti.ch BERLIN Charite Medical School Berlin c/o Institute of Tropical Medicine Berlin Spandauer Damm 130- Haus 10 14050 Berlin, Germany Contact: Regina Keiper Tel: +49 30 30 116 865 Fax: +49 30 30 116 888 E-mail: regina.keiper@charite.de or itm.studies@charite.de www.internationalhealth.de BERLIN Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health Berlin Spandauer Damm 130- Haus 10 14050 Berlin, Germany Contact: Dr Camilla Rothe Tel: +49 30 30 116 865 Fax: +49 30 30 116 888 E-mail: mscih-student@charite.de www.internationalhealth.de BORSTEL Forschungszentrum Borstel/Medizin. Klinik Borstel Fachkrankenhaus fr Lungenerkrankungen, Infektionen und Allergien Parkallee 35 23845 Borstel, Germany Tel:+49 45 37 18 80 E-mail: gguenther@fz-borstel.de HAMBURG Bernhard-Nocht-Institut fr Tropenmedizin Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74 20359 Hamburg, Germany Contact: Petra Stanislowsky Tel: +49 40 42 81 85 11 Fax: +49 40 42 81 85 12 E-mail tropmed@bni-hamburg.de www.bni-hamburg.de JENA Universittsklinikum Jena Institut fr Medizinische Mikrobiologie Bachstrae 18 07743 Jena, Germany Contact: Wolfgang Pfister Tel: +49 3641 939 35 01 E-Mail: Wolfgang.Pfister@med.uni-jena.de http://www.mibi.uniklinikum-jena.de/Studium.html

LONDON London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Course & Admission Enquiries Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 7299 4648 Fax: +44 20 7323 0638 E-mail: shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk registry@lshtm.ac.uk www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/stmh.html LONDON UCL Centre for International Health and Development Institute of Child Health 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom Madeleine Green Email: cihd@ich.ucl.ac.uk Tel +44 20 7905 2122 Fax +44 20 7404 2062 www.ucl.ac.uk/cihd LIVERPOOL Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Administration (DTMP&H) or (CTCM&H) Pembroke Place Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom Tel: +44 151 705 3100 Fax: +44 151 705 3370 E-mail: tch@liv.ac.uk www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/index.htm LEIPZIG Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV Contact: Prof. Baerwald Abteilung fr Infektions- und Tropenmedizin Liebigstrae 22 04103 Leipzig, Germany Contact: Fr. N. Khnemund Tel: +49 341 97 24 970 Fax: +49 341 97 24 979 Mail: Nicole.kuehnemund@uniklinik-leipzig.de or trop@medizin.uni-leipzig.de TBINGEN AGGE Paul-Lechler-Strae 24 72076 Tbingen, Germany Tel: +49 7071 206 538 or 525 Fax: +49 7071 206 510 E-Mail: seminare@difaem.de www.agge-akademie.de, www.difaem.de UPPSALA University Hospital Dep. of Womenss and Childrens Health 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden Tel: +46 18 611 00 00 Fax: +46 18 55 97 75 www.kbh.uu.se

WRZBURG Missionsrztliches Institut AG Gesundheitsdienste und HIV/ AIDS Salvatorstr. 22 97054 Wrzburg, Germany Tel: +49 931 804 85 0 Fax: +49 931 804 85 25 E-Mail: mi.health@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de www.kirchenserver.net/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/e xtern/missio_inst/index.html ONLINE Courses West Virginia University, USA http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/tropmed/tropical-medicine-course/ Institute for International Medicine (INMED), USA http://www.inmed.us/courses-inmed/self-paced-courses/ DISEASES OF POVERTY SELF-PACED COURSE INTERNATIONAL HIV MEDICINE SELF-PACED COURSE Further information about various courses can be found online at www.goinginternational.org under medicine & health. You can also find information at www.foring.org